good morning and happy new year. it is tuesday, january 1st, 2013. >> woo hoo! >> welcome to "cbs this morning." >> woo hoo! >> we had a good time, didn't we? >> yes, we did. we did. >> we did. >> we're remembering some of our favorite stories and interviews from the past 12 months. >> we'll hear from former florida governor jeb bush, britain's prince harry. and a very revealing note to self from oprah winfrey. and we'll remember two television giants. mike wallace of "60 minutes" and steve sabol of nfl films. we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds.

>> the bill as amended is pass zbld the senate overwhelmingly passed a bill to avert the fiscal cliff. >> this temporary agreement keeps income tax rates steady for most americans, limiting tax hikes to households making more than $450,000. >> i think we can say we've done some good for the country. >> president obama encouraged the house to pass it right away. >> if there's even one second left before you have to do what you're supposed to do, they will use that last second. it has not been a great start to the new year for hillary clinton. >> she's undergoing treatment for a blood clot in the head between the brain and the skull. >> she didn't have a stroke. she didn't have a seizure. the prognosis is excellent. an estimated 1 million people in times square. >> revelers welcomed in the new year with celebrations around the world. around 100,000 people in hong kong. fireworks display over the skies of london. >> all that. >> i'm single, so let's get it on. >> there are so many people making out it's sloppy. >> who to you think would win in

a fistfight. you or -- >> and all that matters. >> last night was the first new year's eve without the iconic countdown from dick clark. >> most people come and go. dick clark was here for generations. >> on "cbs this morning." >> somebody on twitter said there would be a drinking game every time i giggled nervously. >> make it better. break it down. we're on the couch. >> we'll be right back. see you later. bye-bye. see you later. bye-bye. we'll be right back. captioning funded by cbs happy new year and welcome to "cbs this morning." >> we're starting a new year. >> looking forward to 2013. >> yeah. i am, too. >> you guys have any new year's resolutions. >> to be better and better and better and better. >> that's funny. that's what i was going to say. be better.

>> i think that's a good one. >> across the board. at everything. >> i'm going to hold both of you to it. >> how about you? >> i think i'm going to run a half marathon this year. that's my goal. >> 13? >> yeah. just about 13 miles. 13.2. >> what's the most you've ever run? >> about ten. >> you can do that. >> yeah, yeah. >> i won't be doing that. listen, i'll be cheering you on. >> 2014, watch out. >> i'll be cheering you on. >> everybody's waking up with one eye open. i'm sure they're thrilled to hear me say that. before we get started let's go to terrell brown for a check of today's headlines. >> good morning and happy new year. we begin with breaking news on the fiscal cliff. the senate approved a last-minute deal overnight barely misses the deadline. the house could vote on it today. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with more this morning. nancy, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, terrell. happy new year. well, there is just one major hurdle left for this fiscal cliff deal. that is a vote later today in the house of representatives. perhaps as early as 1:00 in the

afternoon. the senate voted well after the ball dropped in the early hours of the morning. it passed overwhelmingly with lots of support from both sides. in fact, the final tally was 89-8. >> shouldn't have taken us this long to come to an agreement and this shouldn't be the model for how we do things around here, but i appreciate the vice president's willingness to get this done for the country. >> reporter: vice president biden negotiated the deal with senate republicans over the weekend. but we also came to the hill last night to sell democrats on the plan, some of whom thought there were too many tax giveaways to the rich in this deal. the plan makes permanent the bush era tax cuts on individuals making under $400,000 a year. it also does the same for $450,000 worth of income for families. it also postpones harsh across the board spending cuts for a couple of months. and now all eyes turn to the house. the speaker said last night he would hold a vote today.

but that he couldn't guarantee the house would support it until members had a chance to take a look at it. terrell? >> nancy cordes in washington this morning. nancy, thank you so much. secretary of state hillary clinton's doctors say she's responding well to treatment for a blood clot. margaret brennan is in northern manhattan this morning. good morning to you. happy new year. >> reporter: happy new year to you, terrell. secretary clinton spent a second night here at new york presbyterian hospital where she is being treated for a blood clot that formed in her head following a concussion that she suffered weeks ago. doctors discovered the clot on sunday during an mri. according to a statement released by the state department, this is a clot in the vein that is situated in the space between the brain and the skull behind the right ear. it did not result in a stroke or neurological damage. clinton's doctors say they need to monitor how she responds to medications, including blood thinners, before they release her. they expect a full recovery. terrell? >> all righty, margaret brennan reporting this morning in

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we're looking back this morning at some of our most interesting interviews of the past year. politics dominated many of the headlines of 2012. and one of the most intriguing people within the republican party was jeb bush. he chose not to enter the presidential race, but he may have his eye on a run in 2016. over the summer in the midst of the race for the white house, i asked the former florida governor why he chose to stay on the sidelines and what the future holds for the gop. why didn't you want to run? >> i got, you know, personal reasons, family reasons that overwhelm any other consideration. and -- i don't know.

this may be a bush trait, maybe it isn't. but i made the te sidecision an made the decision. and i moved on. i got the chance to be governor for eight years. it took kind of close to a year to transition out. it was a year to transition into that. so that's a decade of my life that i pursued my own ambitions. and i thought it was time to kind of rearrange my life to focus on other things. >> have you made the decision that you do not want to be president? >> i have not made that decision. although i think this -- there's a window of opportunity in life for all sorts of reasons. and this was probably my time. although i don't know, given -- given kind of what i believe and how i believe it, i'm not sure i would have been successful as a candidate either. these are different times than just six years ago when i last ran. or even longer than that. >> you know a lot of people in the party wanted you to run. they thought this was the time

for you to run and that you had the right experience and had the right style to make it successful. >> you know, you never know. that's pure speculation. one thing i know for sure is you don't -- you don't worry about could have, would have. you focus on the things that you can control. that's what i'm doing. >> is this party more -- only interested in sort of less taxes, less regulation rather than policies that promote growth and a bigger tent? >> i think less taxes and less regulation would actually promote growth. and an immigration policy that's true to our heritage would do the same. >> but are you worried about the direction of your party? having listened to -- >> i think on a couple of issues, i worry that it's shortsighted because tonally, in terms of the tone of the debate, it sends a signal, we want your support, but you really can't join our team. i mean, that's the short-term implications of this. and demographically, latino voters, hispanic voters are

going to be important in this election, but going forward even more so. politically i think it's shortsighted. i think there needs to be a lot more intense effort to recognize the demographics of the country are changing and our messaging -- not our views, not our principleprinciples, but ou we message our views needs to change as well. >> when you look at the future of the country, tell me what it is that you believe is sometimes called american exceptionalism and what do you say to those people who look at the world and they think that we live in a very different world, a different world order, an expression your father used to use, and that we have to face new realities? >> part of what i define american exceptionalism is that we have the ability to shed skin and constantly be evolving and not be mired in the past that sticks us in place. that is kind of what separates us, i think, from most

countries. and that dynamic nature is under threat right now. upward mobility i would define as part of american exceptionalism. >> yes. >> it's now not -- we're not as mobile as we once were up and down the income levels. we now have -- >> why is that? that's very important. >> hugely important. it's related to a lot of things. i would say education is one of the factors. when only a third of our kids are college and/or career ready after spending more per student than any country in the world through tenth grade and knowledge becomes a driver of success economically more and more and more as we move into this incredibly globalized technological world, you're creating lids on people's aspirations. family make-up. 40% of the babies brought into the world don't have the father in the home. we have an out of wedlock birthrate of 40% in our country. it's been that way for -- it's

been growing. that's a problem. we can play like it isn't and not be judgmental. that's fine. but it's a problem of building capacity for people to be successful in life. >> it is really interesting to hear the governor talk. certainly many people are saying that he'll be on the short list for 2016. >> he was rather pres yent about what would be important in the election. >> hispanic voters. >> a bit of an understatement. >> many people think jeb bush or marco rubio from florida who speaks spanish would probably do a lot better at courting hispanic voters. >> the republican party is zoing some introsprection about what t must be. >> quite often, charlie, your interviews go past on what we see on tv. did you get a sense in 2016 he might do it. >> i do not know. like hillary, i do not know.

>> okay. we're still on 2012 and last year and thinking about that. it was the year when prince harry returned to afghanistan to serve as with his british army unit. before that he had what some people called his coming of age tour. a week long trip to the caribbean to tour the queen's diamond jubilee. the story ended in brazil where the prince sat down with seth doane to talk about the trip, his charitable work and his famous family. >> reporter: on those sprawling polo grounds in the rush brazilian country side we had the rare opportunity to sit down with the prince. prince harry, i'm seth doane of cbs news. thanks for chatting with us. the royal family seldom grants one on ones. so every moment was precious. let's talk a bit about this week. he just reached the end of his ten day coronation tour and was eager to discuss his charitable work. >> let's start with what brought you here in the country side in

brazil to play polo for your charity. what has made you so passionate about this group of kids in this remote part of afafrica? >> i think back to how it all started. it was a simple case of i went traveling for about eight weeks. i asked to go to a country that, you know, basically -- i went there. after eight weeks of seeing the kids, seeing the people, seeing the country, just seeing the problems as such and getting so attached with it. once i finished that i came back, decided that something has to be done. >> in 2006 prince harry founded sentebale, an organization to help vulnerable children in this african nation of 2 million. working along with his counterpart there, prince sesu, sentebale has raised $11 million so far. >> when you co-founded this charity you dedicated it in part to your mother, prince sesz diana. have you thought about her on this trip?

>> i haven't necessarily had time to think about her. in my own moments, yes. not forgetting the children. i'm also not forgetting our mother who we both lost at a young age. >> reporter: it's clear what these kids get from having you affiliated with them. but what do you get from them? >> i get a huge boost from spending time with kids. not just kids here but kids in general. obviously me being me hopefully has brought a certain amount of attention to a country that needs attention. but, yeah. i mean, every time i spend time with the kids, it is fantastic. you do, you get this sort of -- i'm still very much a kid inside myself. spending time with them keeps me grounded as such. >> sort of nice to be out of the spotlight in some ways. >> yeah, it is. as far as that's concerned they haven't got a clue who i am. they think i'm a tall white guy who they can hang off and i'm

not going to throw them around. >> reporter: we watched the throngs of people waiting just to see you, to catch a glimpse. what is that like from the inside? everyone seems to have this fascination with royalty. does it live up to the fairytale? >> no, not at all. as any girl will ever tell you. oh, my god, he's a prince. but no. the job that it entails, look at me. i'm 27 years old. not so much searching for someone to fulfill the role. but obviously finding someone that will be willing to take it on. you know, it has been slightly strange, this trip especially. because i thought i'd be representing my grandmother. yeah, people go crazy for royalty. people go crazy for david beckham. the warmth of reception was beyond anything i ever -- i'd ever expect. >> reporter: in the commonwealth nation of belize, the bahamas and jamaica, the prince brought a message of goodwill from the

queen. the ceremonial head of state in these countries. >> the imagine industry has asked me to extend her great good wishes to you and is sorry she couldn't be here because you're stuck with me. but don't worry, because every little thing's going to be all right. >> reporter: may i just ask you about your grandmother? this was a very public way of making a tribute to her. you spoke glowingly of your grandmother through the last ten days. do you have private ways planned that you'll honor her as well for the 60th jubilee? >> i don't personally. i've been away. when i get back i'm sure ideas will start flowing as a group of grandchildren will hopefully be able to have a dinner and do something fun with her. maybe take her out on the town. i don't know. >> reporter: does the queen go out on the town? >> i don't know. does yours? but, no, she -- she's a fantastic woman. not only as a grandmother but as a queen as everybody knows. me being asked to do this and kick off the jubilee tour was an

honor and i never expected the reception, as i said, that we've been given in all these countries. and it just shows that despite the fact that she's only been to some of these countries two or three times and the impact that she has on these commonwealth countries is quite astonishing. it shook me up a little bit every now and then. because to me she's just granny. but to all these countries she's the queen. this great thing that they respect and love. so, you know, it's been an emotional tour, but great one. >> reporter: throughout his journey, the cameras remained focused on the prince. as they did at this children's hospital in jamaica. we watched and wondered if it's difficult to connect with these kids. while flashing lights follow his every move. >> it's be've spent so much tim

the kids with cameras there. >> reporter: you tune it out? >> you can't tune it out. when the cameras leave is when i actually get time to enjoy things. >> reporter: is it tough with all the cameras around all the time? >> yeah. it's always tough. lots of people can probably tune them out. i can't. maybe because of my military background and training. >> reporter: that military training was on display during his tour. as he piloted a helicopter to montego bay in jamaica. and took aim at this firing range. the prince spent 77 days on the front lines in afghanistan in 2007 to 2008 until his position was disclosed by media, making him too much of a target to stay. you say you want to go back to afghanistan. you clearly do not have to do that. why would you go back? do you think it's important for the afghan people? the british people? the queen? >> if it was -- if it was a pain for anyone for me to go, which i appreciate it probably is, but

at the end of the day i've done my training. it's cost the army money to train me. if they didn't think that they could get me out there again, then they wouldn't have put me through this training. it's simple as that. >> that seemed like a real conversation. >> it really did. i just love everything about him. because he seems to have such a great sense of humor that you don't see often in many of the royals because they're so serious. there's something about him that's so likable. >> i agree. he's not as sort of serious and buttoned up. and we know it was a tough year for him not only because of serving in afghanistan but then caught sort of with -- well, with his pants down. >> i was going to say. finish that sentence. >> unfortunately he was in las vegas and someone took some pictures of him. >> yeah. oprah winfrey is on everyone's list of most intriguing people. she showed us why when she wrote a note to her younger self. this morning we'll hear about her first job in television and much more.

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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning" on this new year's day. we're looking back at some of our favorite stories of 2012. >> and one of our favorite guests was, well, one of my favorite people. oprah winfrey was here last april to take part in our "note to self" series where people give advice to their younger self. here's a look. >> dear beautiful brown-skinned girl, and i use the word

"beautiful" because i know that's never a word you would call yourself. i look into your eyes, and i see the light and hope of myself. in this photo you're just about to turn 20, posing outside the television station where you were recently hired as a reporter. you look calm. you look happy. but i know how scared you are. if i could say anything to you, it would be, relax. it's going to be okay, girl. you're proud of yourself f forgetting this job. but also uncertain. uncertain you'll be able to manage all your college classes and work a full day's job doing

the news. even so, your biggest concern right now, how to manage your love life with bubba. yes, you are dating someone named bubba. on this day you brought him to the station to see where you work. hoping he'll be proud. he seems less than impressed. the truth is, he's intimidated. you don't know this, though, because you see yourself only through his eyes. a lesson you will have to learn again and again and again. to see yourself with your own eyes and to love yourself through your own heart. >> the people at channel 13 like oprah winfrey and richard share. >> you spent too many days and years trying to please other people. >> are we vain? >> and be what they wanted you

to be. i understand how and why that happened now. you will have to learn that the wounds of your past, being raped at 9, molested from the time you were 10 through 14, getting whipped as a young girl by people who said they loved you because you stepped out of place, and not even being allowed to show any anger or crying afterwards, that damaged your self-esteem. if only now you knew how much. yet, through it all, you managed to hold on to a belief in god and, even more importantly, god's belief in you. that, my dear, will be your single greatest gift. knowing that there is a power greater than yourself.

and trusting that force to guide you. the trajectory of your life changed the day you answered that call from chris clark. he was a news director at wlac-tv. your response was ignited by the words of your then favorite bible verse. remember, philippians 3:14? you used to say it all the time. i am pressed to the mark. for the prize of a high calling of god. knowing there is a high calling is what will sustain and fulfill you. from where i sit now, viewing your journey, there really are very few regrets. that means a life well lived.

>> i won't say good-bye. i'll just say, until we meet again. >> even then you understood that success was a process and that moving with the flow of life and not against it would be your greatest achievement. you have made me proud. >> every time i see it, that even had oprah crying. she said, who was the producer that put that together. page, let me reach out to her. i thought it was so well done. and told her story so well. i love the shot of her first tv job where she's looking -- she does look very tentative. here she is a senior in college anchoring the 10:00 news. but she has a curfew to be home by 11:00 because she was living with her father at the time. you got off there at 10:30, you better be home by 11:00. she's come quite a far -- she's come a long way. >> she has. i love how she said few regrets

means a life well lived. i'm struck in how many times we do these note to selves people want to say to their younger selves, don't sweat it. be more calm. >> relax. >> relax. that's the experience, you know, of talking back to your younger self. >> i'm struck by the fact that in telling a story you and i have heard a number of times, it's almost like she's telling it for the first time. she's living it for the first time. >> it's funny you should say that. she felt that, too, after she looked at it. i've had quite a life, haven't i? you're the one that told the story. i know what you mean. turning to football, it is exciting enough to watch. but nfl films knowing how to turn it into something dazzling. we'll hear from the people who make it happen and remember the pioneer behind it. that's next on "cbs this morning."

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one of the most important figures in nfl history never threw a pass, never made a tackle and never called a play. steve sabol and nfl films played a huge part in turning pro football into america's game. he passed away in september. early in the year before the super bowl he and his staff took jeff glor behind the scenes of their one of a kind operation. >> reporter: for five decades -- >> this is pro football. >> reporter: -- nfl films has taken an often brutal course. and turned it into ballet. >> nfl films began with a wedding present. >> reporter: founded by the sabol family, father and son back in 1962, nfl films has

always seen football as more than a game. >> today, baby, today! >> reporter: it was an all-encompassing, emotional experience. >> you're trying to mirror what went on in holly wool. not what went on in sports television. >> reporter: you guys think of yourselves as hollywood film makers. >> hollywood dock mentarians. ross ketover is a producer at nfl films. where every reel the company owns is still preserved in a massive vault always kept at 45 degrees. also housed at nfl film's new jersey headquarters, emmys. 105 of them. testaments to photography that became the gold standard. low angles. slow motion. and, of course, going tight on the spiral. >> for us to just film it the

same way television covers it would be abusing our profession as film makers. >> reporter: the man who hired those photographers began as a photographer himself. steve sabol. >> harry, this is a family show. >> reporter: the unmistakable face of nfl films. >> steve sabol has built something here that i don't think will ever be matched again. >> four years ago the patriots entered super bowl xlii undefeated. >> reporter: material so unmatched that nfl films shares it with 21 shows across nine television networks. among them, the historic "inside the nfl." >> the highlights are spectacular. >> there's no other highlights to watch besides "nfl films." it is what it is. it moves you through emotion and sound ♪ my god is an awesome god >> reporter: nfl films was the

first famously to mike up players and coaches on the sidelines. >> you're killing me! >> there's nothing like an nfl sideline. everybody hates everybody down there for three hours. it's unbelievable. >> i could get some girl to do that. those girls on the sidelines can dance. >> he's famous is hank stram in super bowl iv. >> running around there like it was a chinese fire drill. >> hank's players said they never heard him talk so much as in that super bowl. >> reporter: as for this weekend's super bowl, nfl films has every angle covered. and both out cuts. >> we're actually producing both dvds for both the giants and the patriots right now. >> reporter: i have to ask if the giants lose, everything you're doing is -- >> it is consigned to history. >> luckily we've found there's no shortage of how much football people in this country want to watch. steve always told us and it's really a mantra around here, if i get it right, tell me a fact and i'll learn.

tell me a truth and i'll remember. but tell me a story and it'll live in your heart forever. >> reporter: and there's an endless supply of those stories. >> so far there is. >> i did a "60 minutes" piece on steve sabol. and what defined him was the fashion that he had for the craft. >> yeah. you can see it. >> more than the game, but the craft. >> i can't even imagine watching football now without having the option of that. >> pioneer in television and sports journalism, no doubt. >> let's finish this part. tell me a story, it will live in your heart forever. true? >> true. >> you would agree with that. >> i always like -- he didn't say this. but capture someone's heart and you capture

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♪ it's new year's day. i still have on my holiday sweater. didn't have time to change before i came to work this morning. but i like how you started the program at the beginning, norah, talking about going to jog a half marathon which is 13 point something miles. was that on your bucket list? >> it's sort of been on my bucket list. mine, i've always been a runner but sort of want to do more. always important to set goals. i'm not setting a resolution. it's just a goal for the new year which people say is more -- sometimes better to set goals than to set a resolution. >> okay. that's good. >> charlie? >> you have a goal or a

resolution? >> what i would love to do is climb mt. kilimanjaro. i'm not sure it's possible. i'm not sure i'm able to do that. but i'd love to do it. because people that i know have said it's -- >> i need to come up with something. run a half marathon and kilimanjaro. i'd like to learn how to drive a stick. how about that? i feel like do something with your life, gayle. do something. >> that's our goal for 2013. to teach her how to drive a stick. we'll do it together. >> all right. no danger there. >> exactly. >> maybe not. speaking of reaching new heights, there is one more reason to look at the empire state building these days. we'll show you the story behind its colorful upgrade ahead on "cbs this morning." [ hudson ] at weight watchers when we look back at what our members have accomplished in the past 50 years, it's pretty amazing. ♪ i feel like i'm on top of the world right now ♪ ♪ on top of the world right now ♪

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♪ zblncht it is 8:00 a.m. happy new year. welcome back to "cbs this morning." today we're looking back at some of our most memorable stories and guests of 2012. >> and i've been thinking to keep up with you guys about something else i could do besides drive a stick. because you're doing a half marathon. you're climbing kilimanjaro. i actually do want to learn how to speak spanish. i actually do want to learn how to do that. >> so do i. >> i would like to do that. this includes a spectacular look at the empire state building. plus we will honor the memory of

cbs news legend mike wallace. >> before we do all of that let's go to the news desk where terrell brown s a check of the new year's day headlines. >> good morning. happy new year to you. it was down to the wire, but the senate avoided the fiscal cliff overnight. approving the bill to head off tax increases and spending cuts. president obama asking the house to pass it without delay. nancy cordes is on capitol hill now. nancy, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. technically we did go over the fiscal cliff at midnight this morning. but that is likely to be temporary if the house votes in favor of that bill later today. the senate as you mentioned voted overwhelmingly around 2:00 in the morning by a vote of 89-8. almost all democrats and republicans voting yes on a deal that would make permanent the bush era tax cuts for people earning up to $400,000 a year and couples earning up to $450,000 a year. this was a deal that was worked out by vice president biden and

senate leaders. the house speaker hasn't said that the house will definitely vote in favor of it today, but democrats at least are saying they expect almost all of their members to vote yes. terrell? >> nancy cordes on capitol hill, nancy, thank you so much. secretary of state hillary clinton spent new year's eve in the hospital being treated for a blood clot in her skull. margaret brennan is outside new york-presbyterian hospital. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. secretary clinton is still being treated for that blood clot that formed in her head after a concussion. doctors discovered it during an mri on sunday. according to a statement released by the state department, there is a clot in the vein that is situated in the space between the brain and the skull behind the right ear. it did not result in a stroke or neurological damage. clinton's doctors say they need to see how she responds to medication including blood thinners before they release her, but they do expect a full recovery. terrell? >> margaret brennan here in

manhattan. thank you so much. in france where food is a passion, some people believe that fast food is an assault from america. oh, no. but this past spring, mcdonald's tried to change all of that with a brand-new item. mark phillips reports on the sandwich designed to please even the most discriminating french diner. >> reporter: this is an important week in france. major choices that will

influence how life is lived here in the future are being made. no, not here on the campaign trail where nicolas sarkozy will face his electorate this weekend to see if he continues as president of france. here at the local burger joint where the french managers of mcdonald's have determined the good old american hamburger isn't good enough. instead, they've launched the mcbaguette. mcdonald's take on one of the basic french food groups. the baguette sandwich. two hamburger patties. some lettuce. and some grainy french mustard in a roll that looks like classic french bread. it may not be the beheading of louis xvi, but it's positively revolutionary. and the french have lined up in their ones and twos to try it. >> quite good. quite good. >> reporter: but as with wine tasting, does it have a good finish? >> but dry. too dry. >> eporter: traditional baguette bakers fear mcdonald's

is making another assault on a signature french product. could this be another nail in the french culinary coffin? alex dreyer is an american chef who teaches bread and pastry making at a parisian cooking school. for him comparing the mcbaguette to the real thing is to borrow a mangled phrase, the best of bread and the worst of bread. >> mmm. it's too soft. a regular baguette you get anywhere in france will be crispy for next 24 hours. >> reporter: but the french have a dirty little secret. they love mcdonald's. mcdough as they call it. mcdonald's does more business in france than any other country outside of the united states. more than 5.5 billi$5.5 billion year. they've done it by frenchfying

the product. ronald may be laughing all the way to the bank. >> i don't know. when you bite your burger, should it crunch? >> yeah. i prefer a soft bun. >> me, too. >> that's three of us. >> there you go. it's unanimous. let's grab that, charlie. remember dueling banjos? it's been four decades since the classic film "deliverance" came out. we went to georgia which is still feeling the impact of that movie, both good and bad. that's next on "cbs this morning." most people tend to think more about how they brush than what they brush with.

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♪ 40 years ago this past summer a movie called "deliverance" made a huge star out of burt reynolds. mark strassmann visited the area where the movie was filmed and found it continues to have a deep and lasting impact. >> where are you going, city

boy? >> reorter: in the 1972 released "deliverance" four atlanta businessman navigated an untamed river by canoe in southern appalachia. they end up in hillbilly hell. lost in a depraved backwoods culture. >> squeal. >> reporter: audiences saw brutality and beauty. especially in north gaeorgia's c chatooga river where the movie was shot. 30,000 people a year raft these waters. a $20 million local industry. but the movie's impact went well beyond the river's banks. in "deliverance" north georgia was discovered. the state's movie industry took off. so many tourists came the chatooga river became federally

protected. it can never be dammed or developed. but to this day some locals hate "deliverance." >> i find "deliverance" less tasty than -- not at all. >> barbara woodall is an author, a grandmother, and a self-brabed plain ole mountain gal. she says "deliverance" put north georgia on the map for all the wrong reasons. >> it was just repulsive. the stereotyping. >> reporter: what in particular? >> what stereotyping? oh, that we're all ignorant, stupid hillbillies straight from the land of nine-fingered people. >> talk about genetic deficiencies. >> good forbid you come face to face with one of these inbred hillbillies. it's the wrong depiction of a humble people that didn't deserve to be assaulted on the silver screen like that. ♪ >> reporter: in "deliverance"

this banjo playing boy became the face of the movie's backwoods stereotype. the actor was billy redden. he's now a 56-year-old maintenance man at the local walmart. to this day do people come up to you and say, are you the banjo guy? >> and i say yeah. >> reporter: when redden was 15, a casting director came to his school and picked him on looks alone. he had never acted before and could not play the banjo. did you have any idea what the part was? >> huh-uh. i did not. i had no idea. i had people come to me, how did you ever get that part? i said, i guess it just come natural. >> reporter: redden likes the movie and doesn't see the controversy. to you it's just a movie? >> it's just a movie. >> reporter: nothing more? >> and i just wish that somebody would just stop and realize, it's just a movie. if you don't want to watch it, don't watch it.

>> reporter: but barbara woodall is still spitting mad. >> it is not just a movie. when a culture has been assaulted. >> reporter: she says hollywood came to her mountains, laughed and left. >> i wish the movie scores would t disappear like the movie stores. but they don't. they are still around. there is still people that parade t-shirts up and down. if you hear banjos, paddle faster. >> reporter: when "deliverance" first came out no one imagined it would become a pop culture icon. >> you don't have to worry about that, sheriff. >> reporter: its lasting influence for better and for worse, became another unexpected bend along the river. for "cbs this morning," mark strassmann, in raven -- rabun county, georgia. >> i can see why barbara would be upset. it's a beautiful part of the country. >> beautiful part. all right. everybody's a little quiet on

this segment on new year's day. >> i'm thinking i'm just going to move on. >> exactly. most of us know what the empire state building looks like. but until this past year, we'd never seen it like this. we are going to show you how this famous skyscraper got a towering makeover. not facelift. just a makeover, everybody. that's next on "cbs this morning." [ nyquil bottle ] you know i relieve coughs, sneezing, fevers... [ tylenol bottle ] me too! and nasal congestion. [ tissue box ] he said nasal congestion. yeah...i heard him. [ female announcer ] tylenol® cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion. nyquil® cold and flu doesn't. ancr:eves nasal congestion. at jennie-o we think some things are worth getting up early for like a better breakfast so on august eighth we woke up a sleepy town to show that eating well can be easy and delicious

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♪ for over 80 years since the original king kong came out the empire state building has been world famous. and as jeff glor reports, new

york's legendary skyscraper got a brand-new look in 2012 with a new kind of star power. >> reporter: last month in manhattan, looking up meant seeing the city in a different light. hundreds of them, actually. all new. all l.e.d. and all unveiled for the first time during an historic light show at the empire state building. the brightest moment this building has ever seen. >> you know, i didn't even know that there was 16 million colors available. >> bruno bias -- >> for those looking at the building, this is going to be a significant change. >> it will. because, you know, really the empire state building is going

to have the opportunity to really light up close to two acres of their tower and facade with very, very dynamic lighting. and do that all with the touch of a button. >> how about the top of the empire state building? >> oh, yes, that's perfect. it's the nearest thing to heaven we have in new york. >> reporter: since 1976 the empire state building has had colored lights. green for st. patrick's day. red, white and blue on the anniversary of 9/11. and in november, a thanksgiving scene. but the lights were always limited to just a few colors. and each fixture had to be manually covered with a colored gel screen. now the effects are computer programmed, remote controlled, and 73% more energy efficient. we're up here on the 72nd floor of the empire state building right now. this is an up close look at what these new lights look like.

workers have been up here swapping these out since early june. they started on the 70th floor and installed seven sections of lights at the building's halo. the new bulbs are capable of emitting colors five to eight times stronger than those in the past. >> i think it'll be a lot of fun. >> reporter: anthony melken manages the empire state building. >> i don't have to tell you the empire state building is iconic. it's a gorgeous building. people know it around the world. there's concern that it will become too bright or too much of a show. your response is? >> you know, l.e.d.s are all over the skyline of manhattan now. so, in fact, the empire state building you could say has been a little behind. no one has done it quite the way we have. but rest assured, we're actually projecting the lights on the building, not out on to the city. so no one's going to have to shield his or her eyes.

>> reporter: you don't want this to be a circus. >> it is the world's most famous office building. it's the icon of the new york city landscape. we're not going to mess around with that. >> reporter: melken also promises no commercials, no screens, and no logos. just inspiring lights at night for a city that never sleeps. for "cbs this morning," i'm jeff glor, new york. >> one more reason to love new york. >> i was going to say. building seems to be in good hands with mr. melken. he's very particular about what he does with the building. i think that's fwood. >> love it. love the music in that piece, too. good stuff. a giant of television journalism passed away last year. we'll look back at the life and legacy of mike wallace when "cbs this morning" returning. your local news is next.

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happy new year. welcome back to "cbs this morning." we're looking back today at some of the most memorable stories of 2012 on this, the first day, 2013 zbr our friend and colleague mike wallace passed away this past april after one of the most storied careers in the history of television news. his hard-nosed approach and unique style of reporting set the tone for decades of "60 minutes" stories. >> it's hard to believe that mike is gone. his style, his stories, his questions were all so

distinctively mike. nobody was ever that good. >> what are you trying to prove? >> nothing. >> he was doing what with you? >> why? >> why? >> why? >> what is this? >> this is "60 minutes." >> i think he really felt that without the dedicated community of journalists, the world would be a poorer place. that people would be ripped off. that people would be taken advantage of. >> she lost her virginity that day. now, why would she say that about you, father kersh, if it were not so. >> he was driven by his desire to be part of the action and get to the truth. >> i have no intention of leaving until you tell me what's on your mind. >> he loved being in the spotlight. in some ways it was his drug. his very being demanded attention, and it was seldom denied. >> he was the best journalist i've ever known. he didn't just walk into the

famous interview with the ayatoll ayatollah khomeini. he earned it. >> he called you, forgive his words, not mine, a lunatic. >> he wasn't the most decent person i ever worked with or the most devious. but he was probably both. he was with most competitive. >> there's a story that the correspondents used to tell to each other about if you had a piece on sunday's show in the lineup and mike didn't, it was a bad week to go on the road. because by the time you got back, mike's piece would be on the air and yours wouldn't. >> now, wait just a moment. >> hold it a minute, god damn it. >> he made us all think on our feet. made us all laugh. constantly reminded us when we

were a few pounds overweight. >> as someone once said, he had an underdeveloped sense of other people's privacy. can you imagine coming home from a day and mike wallace is waiting up for you? where did you go, he asks. what did you do? how do you explain this hidden camera video? >> what really gets andy rooney worked up? he's about to tell you. >> why? why? that was good. >> besides the fact that he was a real pass in the ass, you knew teep do deep down that chances were you were never going to have an opportunity to be as close again to someone like mike. >> my other next-door neighbor at "60 minutes" for all the years he spent there was ed bradley. when he interviewed mike back in

2006, ed had only months to live. his relationship with mike, like mine, was bittersweet. and the interview itself without either men knowing it, was a bittersweet farewell. >> just a simple question. i know there have been periods -- >> there's no such thing as a simple question. >> there were people in the shop you didn't talk to. >> like? >> you and i didn't talk for a period of six months. >> why? >> i don't remember. do you? >> as you said yourself, you hold a grudge. >> mike, i'll miss you. ♪ here's to life, to dreamers and their dreams ♪ >> the last few years weren't easy for my father. this man was such a keen intellect and such a quick mind began to slip. but as your faculties are stripped away, doctors say that

what's left is the essential person. and what remained of mike wallace was a sweet and gentleman. even in his diminished state, there was no one who was more fun to be around. he was still mike wallace. and that was still plenty. so long. >> beautifully done. >> remarkable memorial service, too. i've never seen so many people so brilliantly capture mike wallace in so many different ways. >> i love the part where he goes to interview the man and he goes, who is this? this is "60 minutes." wow. that sort of summed up really all sides of mike wallace. >> come on. come on. >> why? why? >> why, why, why. >> why do that again? that was good. you can relate to that, right, charlie? why do i need to do that again? that was good. i like that. what were you going to say about him. >> just the notion of it was curiosity, curiosity, curiosity.

to have dinner, it was questions after questions after questions. i remember one night with walt cronkite. he winked at me and he moved in to tease cronkite. and it was just -- it was a joy to watch. >> nobody like him. researchers tried again this past year to solve a 75-year-old mystery. here's the question. what happened to amelia earhart. we'll talk with a man who thinks he has the final answer.

one of this country's great mysteries began 75 years ago last summer as americans learned that amelia earhart was missing. the famous pilot's plane was last seen over the pacific ocean. well, this past summer as lee cowan reports, an expedition

began to search for her aircraft once again. >> aviation's leading lady, ms. amelia earhart. >> reporter: she was a daredevil with the wings of an angel. a pioneer who embodied the pure romance of flying. she embodied the danger of it, too. 75 years ago amelia airhart climbed into her lockheed electra and with her navigator, friend noonan, disappeared somewhere over the pacific. >> the story of a brave woman in the air. >> reporter: for her to vanish without a trace at the height of all that fame was then and is now inconceivable to some. take ric gillespie. was it that she simply crashed at sea and sank without a trace? or was there a whole chapter that we've never known about? >> reporter: he's a part-time horseman who's actually a full-time missing airplane detective. he founded the international group for historic aircraft recovery. 25 years of research finally turned up this.

a long forgotten photo that he says may show the holy grail in the earhart puzzle. a piece of the aviator's plane. >> the components of this image match the shape and dimensions of elements in the landing gear of a lockheed electra. >> reporter: that picture was taken in 1937 off gardner island. now called nikumaroro. but that was more than 300 miles to the southeast of where earhart was supposed to land. tiny howland island. both were needles in a floating haystack. >> fuel is running low. >> reporter: her mysterious disappearance is the stuff of hollywood. but to dorothy cochrane, a curator at the national air and space museum, there's no mystery. she says she simply ran out of gas and drown. at the end of the day where did she go down? >> i believe that she went down somewhere to the northwest of howland island. i think they were fairly close, unfortunately. >> reporter: but ric gillespie thinks in her effort to find

howland, she stumbled on nikumaroro instead and managed to make an emergency landing. and then waited for the help that never came. if what you're saying is the case, it was probably a far worse end than crashing into the motion. >> oh, yeah. living and dying on that island is not a good way to go. no. >> reporter: proof earhart survived, he says, came in weak radiosignals heard after her disappearance. most were cruel hoaxes. but he says a teenager named betty klenck was so convinced she heard earhart on her short wave radio that she wrote every word she heard in her journal. she's now 91 years old and still swears it was earhart's voice. what really got betty about what she heard was the -- were the tones in the voice of the people she was hearing. >> reporter: panic? >> panic. extreme anxiety.

anguish. it haunted her. >> reporter: there's other evidence, too. although he admits it's all circumstantial. prag fragments of bone and the heel of a woman's shoe were both found on nikumaroro back in 1940. years later gillespie returned to that same site and found more. bottles of hand lotion and freckle ointment dating from the 1930s. even a zipper from what could be a flight suit. >> it tells a story. it tells a story of an american woman of the 1930s who's trying and has failed to survive on that island. >> reporter: i think critics would say that that could be anybody's. and it could be the remnants of -- >> could be anybody's. who? that's my reply to that. who? >> the artifacts he's found are all collateral pieces of civilization. nothing that can be directly tied to amelia. >> navy ships and planes are rushing to their aid. >> reporter: what about that massive search? the largest of its kind at the

time? why wouldn't they have seen a plane when they did the flyover? >> because by the time they got there, the plane had been washed over the edge of the reef into the surf zone, obscured by the secure f. nobody would see it. >> reporter: maybe the answer to this 75-year-old mystery is, indeed, just off that reef. resting in 1,000 feet of water. this week, gillespie and a team will use side scan sonar and underwater robots to look for what, if anything, is left of earhart's plane. including that landing gear. if, indeed, that's what was in the picture in the first place. >> this is the biggest thing we've ever done. we'll either find something or we won't. >> reporter: it won't change what earhart accomplished. but it could finally put her to rest. >> i'm always amazed how mysteries like that continue to hold our fascination. one movie after another. one book after another. >> still not a real conclusive answer, still. the plot thickens. i love his line when he says who's could it be?

who? who? >> you know, tell me. >> i'd like to know. lady antebellum. remember them? recorded the most downloaded country song of all time. that's just one piece of the band's huge success. they're still going strong. we'll go backstage with the superstar trio when we return on "cbs this morning."

♪ it's a quarter after 1:00, i'm all alone and i need you now ♪ ♪ said i wouldn't call but i lost all control and i need you now ♪ country music's lady antebellum is one of the hottest acts anywhere. the band's latest success is a christmas cd. not long ago hillary scott announced she's expecting her very first baby. yay, hillary.

earlier in the year ben tracy caught up with lady a on tour in los angeles. ♪ >> reporter: lady antebellum has been on one of the wildest and most successful rides in all of music. less than five years ago, they were playing a gig at a gas station in flinger, wisconsin, to kick off deer hunting season. now they're on a world tour, filling arenas with their biggest show ever for their new album "own the night." >> to feel that initial -- it's so awesome. >> reporter: now you have a sold out show at the staples center. what is this like? >> i mean, that is the ultimate, like, okay. we're really doing it.

we've made it. fans in the thousands are coming out to see us every night. >> reporter: while lady antebellum's on stage show is now huge, backstage hillary scott, charles kelley and dave haywood are keeping things simple. when your fans wonder what serious musicians do before they go on stage this is the answer? >> this is our rock star preshow ritual. >> ping-pong. >> it's like a paradox. >> especially now that it takes ten semis just to haul their show. you've come a long way from that gas station in flinger. >> you know what, thank you. it's definitely one of the strangest things in the world to wake up and walk off your bus and go, oh, i don't look like that right now. i wish i did. >> reporter: we first met up with lady antebellum last summer in nashville for "cbs sunday morning." >> i don't know if there isn't a better hook in there. >> reporter: the group was

putting the finishing touches on their new album. their recording studio is just a couple miles away from the nashville bar where they performed together for the very first time in 2006. >> i was here. hillary was there. dave was here. >> we had a full band with us. >> drums in the back. >> there were probably 15 people. >> reporter: they sang a song that night that would become their first hit. ♪ love don't live here anymore >> reporter: their 2007 self-titled debut album went double platinum. but it was a song on their second album that changed their lives forever. ♪ it's a quarter after 1:00, i'm all alone and i need you now ♪ >> reporter: "need you now" is about a drunk dial to a former flame. ♪ it's a quarter after 1:00, i'm a little drunk and i need you

now ♪ >> reporter: it is the most downloaded country song of all time. and has made lady antebellum international superstars. it is also a song they almost decided not to record. >> we liked it, but, i mean, if you would have said this song was going to go around the world and take you around the world, we would have never thought that. >> we probably had ten songs we've written and gone, oh, this is first single hit and we never even recorded them. ♪ this world keeps spinning faster ♪ >> reporter: the three members of lady a as their fans call them are clearly enjoying the perks of fame. with their fully stocked backstage bar. >> club lebellum. >> reporter: and a luxurious tour bus that is miles from how they used to roll when out on the road. >> we went in rvs. drive. stay in a motel 6. share a hotel room. me, charles and hillary in one room together. all share a bathroom and

everything. >> reporter: i bet she loved that. >> she loved it. what she looked forward to every trip. as she sits right here and chats. >> hi! >> and the grammy goes to -- "own the night," lady antebellum. >> reporter: the group has now won seven grammys. does it feel like a blink of an eye or does it feel like you've lived a bit of a lifetime in five years? >> in ways it's like, gosh, this is still brand-new. but then in other ways it's like i can't believe we're getting used to walking red carpets. >> reporter: and living life on a much larger stage. for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >> go ahead, norah. go ahead, charlie. ♪ it's a quarter after 1:00, i'm a little drunk and i need you now ♪ >> charlie likes lady antebellum. >> the best part, gayle and i singing along. we're getting a sound system in our make-up room. that is one of my 2013 goals. >> i like that idea. >> of course, when i mentioned

that to gayle this morning, charlie, she said what time are we going to be playing the music? whenever we want to. >> we're getting ready for the show. what time would the music begin? >> we need to be preparing the news. i know. >> let's talk about drunk dialing. would you like to go first? >> i'd like to be receiving those drunk dials is what i'd like. >> and on that note, happy new year. >> happy new year. >> happy new year! >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> and to you. that does it for us on this new year's day. we look forward to 2013. up next, your local news. we'll see you right here tomorrow on "cbs this morning." >> what's your number? tomorrow on "cbs this morning." >> what's your number? >> nobody ever calls me. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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